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"Tomodachi" is the Japanese word for friend?

I thought it was "senpai" but that means "master" or "teacher. Save me so I don't look like an idiot to my anime-loving friend 🤓
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Centaura · F Best Comment
nakama | なかま | 仲間 “friend” (common in anime but uncommon in real life)

tomodachi | ともだち| 友達 “friend”

shin'yuu | しんゆう | 親友 “close/best friend”

tsure | つれ | 連れ “partner” (probably not in a romantic or sexual way)

aibou | あいぼう| 相棒 “partner” (of a duo)

shiriai | しりあい | 知り合い “acquaintance”

chijin | ちじん | 知人 “acquaintance”

doukyuusei | どうきゅうせい | 同級生 “classmate”

douryou | どうりょう| 同僚 “colleague”

dachi | ダチ “buddy” (slang way of saying friend)

mabudachi | マブダチ “best bud” (slang way of saying close/best friend)

yuujin | ゆうじん | 友人 “friend” (formal)

kyuuchi | きゅうち | 旧知 “long[time] acquaintance”
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@Centaura she'll love me for this lol

SINAI · T
Nakama as well. Just watch anime subbed.
Centaura · F
@SINAI it's only common in anime to use that... don't really use it in real life...
Blooo · 26-30, M
lol I'll wait for the weebs with you to protect you
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@Blooo weebs, waifus..... I know next to nothing about this shit lmao
Blooo · 26-30, M
weeb are the ones you call "anime-loving friends" lol
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
no, sensei is teacher

 
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